James L. Spira, PsyD, is a therapist who specializes in helping clients better identify patterns associated with difficulties, develop skills to overcome these difficulties, and learn how to utilize these skills in their daily lives in order to live as optimally as possible. He has 20 years of experience working with individuals and couples from a broad range of cultural backgrounds and psychological issues, including relationship counseling, depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, eating disorders, substance abuse and others. He also specializes in pain, insomnia, migraine, IBS, Fibromyalgia, and coping with cancer, MS, and dementia, and controlling ADHD. He has advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Psychotherapy, therapies for PTSD, and experiential skill-based approaches for managing and boosting resilience to distress, including advanced methods in meditation (Zen, Chi Kung, Mindfulness). As a former psychologist for the military and VA, he welcomes veterans and their families.